Confucianism in the eyes of a Confucian liberal : Hsu Fu-kuan's critical examination of the Confucian political tradition /
"This book provides access to the work of a contemporary Chinese thinker, Hsu Fu-kuan, whose works may not be accessible to English readers. As a scholar of depth, acumen, and originality, Hsu endeavors to explore the core value of Confucian humanism and to dissociate it from the baneful or out...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York :
P. Lang,
c2001.
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| Schriftenreihe: | Asian thought and culture
v. 43. |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- 1. The Son of the Earth
- Childhood and Early Education
- From Politics to Scholarship
- The Son of the Earth and the Champion for Democracy
- 2. The Core Value of Confucian Political Thought
- "Concerned Consciousness" - The Fountainhead of Confucian Humanism
- Confucius' and Mencius' Theory of Human Nature - The Philosophical Foundation of Confucian Political Thought
- The Political Thought of Confucius and Mencius
- 3. Criticism of Chinese Despotism
- Transition From a Feudal Society to an Authoritarian Empire
- The Establishment and Characteristics of Chinese Despotism
- The Imperial Power and That of the Chancellor
- The One-Man Despotism, the Aristocracy, and Intellectuals
- 4. Confucianism in the Imperial Era
- "Triumph" in the Han Dynasty
- The Mitigating Force and the Compromise
- Want of the "Rule of Law"
- 5. Implication: Tradition and Modernity.